So far I have watched all of the episodes except the final one where they exhume Holmes' body. I have been fairly entertained by them and they do seem to pursue every lead they can find. My main objection is how they keep referring to the Ripper letters as being from Jack all the while failing to mention that the consensus opinion among Ripperologists is that they are fake.

While I don't think Holmes was the Ripper the show does manage to produce some circumstantial evidence so that it becomes at least a possibility.

So far I have watched all of the episodes except the final one where they exhume Holmes' body. I have been fairly entertained by them and they do seem to pursue every lead they can find. My main objection is how they keep referring to the Ripper letters as being from Jack all the while failing to mention that the consensus opinion among Ripperologists is that they are fake.

While I don't think Holmes was the Ripper the show does manage to produce some circumstantial evidence so that it becomes at least a possibility.

c.d.

Hi c.d.

I've watched 3 shows so far and I've just made the same point as you on the JTRForum. They mention the 'Americanisms' but no mention that the letters are considered hoaxes by most (including senior police officers at the time.)
I also found it strange how 'excited' they got at finding Holmes' pseudonyms on ships manifests. Surely it would have been more surprising if they hadn't considering how many he used? I'm also not keen on these 'forensic' sketches. For me they would need to find more tangible proof that he was in London (or at least England) at the time.

So far I have watched all of the episodes except the final one where they exhume Holmes' body. I have been fairly entertained by them and they do seem to pursue every lead they can find. My main objection is how they keep referring to the Ripper letters as being from Jack all the while failing to mention that the consensus opinion among Ripperologists is that they are fake.

While I don't think Holmes was the Ripper the show does manage to produce some circumstantial evidence so that it becomes at least a possibility.

The fake drama set pieces, like looking at radar of underwater objects. Yeah your really going to find one of his victims. What a joke.

The stupid misleading and ambiguous "evidence". Like the letters.

Speaking of letters and joke suspects. I was in the library and picked up Cornwalls book on sickert. I stopped reading about 20 pages in when she started saying that most of the hoax ripper letters are authentic and literally tossed it across the room in the trash can. And like the true garbage that it is it went right into the can like it knew where it belonged.its still there. I'm seriously thinking of leaving it there and paying the lost book fee, as I can't stomach the thought of having it back in circulation. It doesn't deserve to be on a library shelf.

Sickert, HH Holmes, Maybrick. Garbage.

__________________"Is all that we see or seem
but a dream within a dream?"
-Edgar Allan Poe

"...the man and the peaked cap he is said to have worn
quite tallies with the descriptions I got of him."
-Frederick G. Abberline

Totally agree, Abby. In his own right, Holmes was a fascinating psychopath: What other serial killer had his own building, designed specifically for luring, trapping, killing and disposing of human beings - all without ever having to go outside? But he had nothing whatever in common with JTR besides "operating" during roughly the same time period. The main fault with American documentaries is that they're produced strictly for entertainment value and as a marketing venue. Brits do it far better. Your "garbage" list is right on the money, but short just a few names.

Dr. John

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"We reach. We grasp. And what is left at the end? A shadow."
Sherlock Holmes, The Retired Colourman

I checked out of this show long ago. Right now I'm looking forward to Scorsese and DiCaprio's upcoming pic on H.H. Holmes, which will be a film adaptation of "The Devil and the White City." But The latest news says it may take a while. I wish them best. Scorsese's last pic did not do well. Hope his next few films will do well so that he will get to make "The Devil and the White City."

I checked out of this show long ago. Right now I'm looking forward to Scorsese and DiCaprio's upcoming pic on H.H. Holmes, which will be a film adaptation of "The Devil and the White City." But The latest news says it may take a while. I wish them best. Scorsese's last pic did not do well. Hope his next few films will do well so that he will get to make "The Devil and the White City."

Thanks for the link, YomRippur. I wasn't aware of this film project, and will join you in looking forward to it. I found the book great reading.

The fake drama set pieces, like looking at radar of underwater objects. Yeah your really going to find one of his victims. What a joke.

The stupid misleading and ambiguous "evidence". Like the letters.

Speaking of letters and joke suspects. I was in the library and picked up Cornwalls book on sickert. I stopped reading about 20 pages in when she started saying that most of the hoax ripper letters are authentic and literally tossed it across the room in the trash can. And like the true garbage that it is it went right into the can like it knew where it belonged.its still there. I'm seriously thinking of leaving it there and paying the lost book fee, as I can't stomach the thought of having it back in circulation. It doesn't deserve to be on a library shelf.

Sickert, HH Holmes, Maybrick. Garbage.

And some of the Ripperologists used in this debacle, have also not done themselves, or ripperology any favours